Bracket for mounting boat accessory

ABSTRACT

1. APPARATUS FOR MOUNTING A MOTOR TO A BOAT FOR MOVEMENT BETWEEN AN EXTENDED POSITION AND A RETRACTED POSITION, SAID MOTOR BEING OF THE TYPE HAVING PROPELLER MEANS COUPLED TO ONE END OF AN ELONGATED MEMBER, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING: MOUNTING MEANS INCLUDING BASE MEANS ADAPTED TO BE SECURED TO THE DECK OF A BOAT, FIRST AND SECOND ARM MEANS HAVING FIRST ENDS PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO SAID MOUNTING MEANS AT SPACED POSITIONS FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT ABOUT FIRST AND SECOND SPACED PIVOT AXES RESPECTIVELY ABOVE SAID BASE MEANS TO ALLOW MOVEMENT OF THE OTHER ENDS OF SAID ARM MEANS BETWEEN EXTENDED AND RETRACTED POSITONS, SAID FIRST PIVOT AXIS TO BE LOCATED INWARD OF SAID SECOND PIVOT AXIS WHEN SAID MOUNTING MEANS IS SECURED IN PLACE, SAID FIRST PIVOT AXIS BEING LOCATED AT A DISTANCE ABOVE SAID BASE MEANS WHICH IS AT LEAST THE SAME DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID SECOND PIVOT AXIS AND SAID BASE MEANS, SAID SECOND ARM MEANS HAVING A LENGTH LESS THAN THE LENGTH OF SAID FIRST ARM MEANS, AND SUPPORT MEANS FOR HOLDING THE OTHER END OF SAID ELONGATED MEMBER, SAID SUPPORT MEANS BEING PIVOTALLY COUPLED TO THE OTHER ENDS OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND ARM MEANS AT SPACED PIVOT POSITIONS FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT ABOUT THIRD AND FOURTH SPACED PIVOT AXES RESPECTIVELY TO SUPPORT (A) THE MOTOR IN AN OPERATING POSITION WITH ITS PROPELLER IN THE WATER WHEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND ARM MEANS ARE IN THEIR EXTENDED POSITION AND TO SUPPORT (A) THE MOTOR OUT OF THE WATER WHEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND ARM MEANS ARE IN THEIR RETRACTED POSITION, SAID THIRD PIVOT AXIS BEING FORMED BETWEEN SAID SUPPORT MEANS AND THE OTHER END OF SAID FIRST ARM MEANS, SAID FOURTH PIVOT AXIS BEING FORMED BETWEEN SAID SUPPORT MEANS AND THE OTHER END OF SAID SECOND ARM MEANS, THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND THIRD PIVOT AXES BEING GREATER THAN THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID SECOND AND FOURTH PIVOT AXES AND THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID THIRD AND FOURTH PIVOT AXES BEING GREATER THAN THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND PIVOT AXES.



